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Direct linkGoodman, Joyce – History of Education, 2005
Mary Dendy has received attention from historians because she was the first paid commissioner under the Board of Control (the administrative body that regulated the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act), was at the forefront in disseminating views regarding the sexual proclivities of feeble-minded women and because she advocated permanent segregated care…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Sexuality, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Brown, Anna – History of Education, 2005
This paper addresses the theme of "insiders and outsiders in the history of education" in two ways. First, it is an exploration of the journey of one woman from being an educational outsider to her influential position on the inside as a local and national educational policymaker. Ellen Pinsent's life is illustrative of the transition of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Special Education, Special Schools, Access to Education
